Leeds Metropolitan University

About the solution 

Objective:

Leeds Metropolitan University is already one of the largest universities in the UK. With around 30,000 students and 3,000 staff, it occupies one campus in the world-famous sporting area of Headingley and a second in the city’s civic quarter.

Approach:

Leeds Met entered into a Managed Print services (MPS) contract with HP Preferred Partner, The DTP Group.
Over 2.000 old machines will be replaced by approximately 450 HP multifunction devices that print, copy, scan and fax.

The solution includes SafeCom Print Management software.

IT improvements:

Energy bills are expected to fall by £20,000 a year.

Students and staff can collect print jobs from any machine in the University by using their Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) campus card.

Student payment is automatically deducted from their electronic purse, supporting the University’s aim to become a cashless campus.

Printer logs enable the University to build up a print profile to streamline the deployment of printers.

Business benefits

The University forecasts a total saving of £200,000 a year from the new system while still improving its print service provision.

Paper wastage is set to drop by over 30 per cent, improving the University’s environmental credentials.

Savings have enabled the University to cut student print charges by up to 50 per cent.